The steel cladding for the rescue shaft dangles on Wednesday afternoon, still at the huge crane. Long ago, the tons of heavy pipes have to be sunk in the mountain, near the southern Spanish village of Totalán. There is suspected in more than 70 meters depth, a two-year-old Boy. The child named Julen was already on 13. January in a narrow borehole slumped in front of more than ten days. Since then, up to 300 day and night are in use. But again there are delays. Small according to the responsible persons in the evening, had to admit that the hole was exactly vertical. Hours was improved.
For ten days the bad news raining down on one of the parents of the child. Only you will find no cover, no matter where you dive. Each new piece of bad news is a sharp pain that robs you of a piece of life. 40000 tons of earth were moved on the mountain in the past ten days, but Julen was not found. A week ago, the father had expressed a timid hope that the child will have a guardian angel. At the time, it was said that within 24 to 48Stunden Julen could be achieved. This is now so long that the hope of the members has changed to sheer anger.
Each Morning, parents are informed in your house personally on the progress of the rescue. On Tuesday morning, in one of these Briefings, the boy’s father, José Ribello, the present politicians and officials who are responsible for the salvage had roars, out of desperation, and rage loudly, as it is said from circles of the family. Officially, the spokesman for the rescue operation, and it stated: “The parents trust the Work.” But the fact is that the chances are vanishingly small to get the kid back alive from the mountain. Julen also suffers from Asthma, as a friend of the father confirmed. Criticism to the corners of the leaders of Spanish engineers and architects on site once. The chief engineer was not suited for this rescue, because practical experience is lacking. Concrete offers of help from the experts, the leaders responded in a number of cases.
There are more appropriate machines, says a German machine manufacturer
The German machine Builder, Philip sports the rescue followed, however, from the distance. He is a project Manager at a German manufacturer for the development of such drills, as they are in Totalán. “There are machines which are suitable as the Mait HR 260, where it is used. But of course, it is always also a question of fast availability,“ says Porten.
The number of high-performance equipment, the drilling much faster and more precise than the model in front of the place, he estimates 300 to 400 “in the whole of Europe from Spain to Ukraine”. Removal, loading, Transport, and reconstruction of such machines, which weigh 120 tons or more, with a well-established Team devoured at least three days, for longer distances. The present device, however, was only five days after the fall of the boy at the scene of the incident. Only ten hours by car from Totalán is currently away at this performance, uses a powerful machine, such as a contractor are confirmed. Has not been requested. The deviation of the hole from the vertical line, the explained the latest delay on Wednesday, could have been prevented. Alternatively, the use of so-called piping would have been machines that can simultaneously connect to a drill hole, and the metal cladding of the tunnel.
The lost opportunities are a burden on the parents increasingly
The parents of all these missed opportunities do not remain hidden, they burden you more and more. Francisca Ruíz is one of the psychologists, the Teams are in Two – and-around-the-clock in the family, as well as some friends and relatives. Ruíz receives guests in her office in the centre of the 20 kilometres away in the provincial capital of Málaga. “The whole Situation is very uncertain. It comes, to channel emotions in an appropriate way. We try, the emotions of parents are scaling back,“ she says.
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It is also for the psychologists was a tough Terrain. Also, you do not know, whether the child still lives. You make the parents any hope, or prepare you on the possible death of the boy? “We are working with the information, the give us the technicians. We will forward it to the parents and help them to deal with reality.“ With the possible death of the child in a new Phase of care would begin. But so far Ruíz don’t want to think at the moment.